[NYP] President Biden is likely to avoid an audit that could reveal whether he made money from his son Hunter Biden’s overseas business dealings — because the Internal Revenue Service has rejected a whistleblower complaint that alleged he owes at least $127,000 in taxes, The Post has learned.
The IRS allows people to inform on fellow taxpayers and win a slice of the proceeds — prompting Chris Jacobs, a former Republican staffer on Capitol Hill, to submit complaints against Biden and his accountant, though he said he didn’t want any financial reward.
Jacobs shared with The Post a reply from the IRS titled "denial" that explained that the government didn’t use his information.
Tax law expert Bob Willens, who teaches at Columbia University’s business school, said the rejection means Biden is likely to run out a three-year statute of limitations, meaning Republican claims that Biden owes up to $500,000 in taxes are unlikely to be resolved.
[Breitbart] On Thursday’s broadcast of CNN’s "New Day," White House Council of Economic Advisers member Jared Bernstein said that "we probably haven’t heard enough" about the economic harm that overturning Roe v. Wade will cause and the issue is "at its core here, an economic issue, particularly, for younger women and women of color."
Co-host Brianna Keilar asked, "If it [the draft opinion] stands, what do you expect that the effect is going to be on women participating in the workforce and in the economy?"
Bernstein responded, "That is such an important question, and for all the other extremely important questions, that’s one we probably haven’t heard enough of over the past couple of days. Some of our most rigorous and high-quality economic research — and by that, I mean research that really establishes causation — asks about this very question. And it finds that when you deny access to reproductive rights in general, but abortion rights in particular, to women, they have persistently worse economic outcomes. Financially, it’s like losing a job, it’s like being evicted, it’s losing health insurance, it’s like going to the hospital, in terms of its impact on their finances. If you look at occupation, earnings, education, maternal health, all of those indicators are significantly damaged when we restrict access to abortion. Again, some of our highest-quality research consistently finds that. And it finds that these effects are most pernicious for women of color and for younger women. So, this is — it’s a justice issue, it’s a liberty issue, it’s a women’s rights issue, of course, health issue first and foremost, personal decision. But it is also, at its core here, an economic issue, particularly, for younger women and women of color."
He added, "I would expect, based on a set of research that shows the devastating and persistent economic cost to women who don’t have access to abortion, if — especially if you’re someone in a state who doesn’t have the income to go to a different state, so, again, we are looking at another kind of inequality to America kind of dynamic here. Look, if you’re a wealthy person in a place without access, you can probably get yourself to a place where you can access an abortion."
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I think the economics of abortion has much to do with how much fancier and more expensive pickup trucks are these days (as compared to the 1970's, 80's, etc.) Young adult men now use their disposable income to spend on fancy pickups b/c they don't have children these days. What they one budgeted for their children now gets spent on women who believe in abortion.
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Nothing dignifies something like turning it from a reality that should be quietly dealt with (by those for whom it is actually a reality) to a political bandwagon balloon.
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Those who forget the stupid stuff teenage males do can't comprehend what's going to happen next.
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I'm not sure. Going to the local Walmart looks like a lot of aged pregnant males there, some probably carrying twins or triplets. I've restrained myself from asking when its due.
Angelo Carusone, president and CEO of Media Matters for America, appeared on Thursday on CSPAN's Washington Journal
Carusone was asked by a caller why he thought there had not been more reporting on Hunter Biden's laptop
He said Twitter was right to ban the New York Post's reporting on it, saying: 'It was consistent with their policies of leaked information that was not verified'
Twitter's co-founder Jack Dorsey has since said that they made the wrong call, and the laptop has been verified by other outlets including the Washington Post
Carusone was also asked why there had not been more investigation of Hunter Biden's art sales, and replied that he thought it was a worthwhile topic
Carusone added that he did not see anything suspicious in the sale of the art works, which were priced at up to $500,000
Carusone's organization is one of 26 which signed a letter to advertisers this week calling on them to be wary of a 'cesspool of misinformation' on Twitter
They said advertisers should reconsider support for Twitter when Elon Musk takes over, as he threatens to 'toxify' the platform by removing limits on speech
[FoxNews] Michael Horowitz, the inspector general of the Department of Justice, told House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler, D-N.Y., and Ranking Member Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, that he would consider launching an investigation into whether the FBI retaliated against agents who attended the Jan. 6, 2021, protest at the U.S. Capitol but who did not enter the building with rioters.
Jordan, citing FBI whistleblowers, urged Horowitz last month to investigate whistleblower claims that "the FBI is suspending the security clearances of FBI employees for their participation in protected First Amendment activity on January 6, 2021." Since a security clearance is required for FBI positions, "these actions mean the FBI has suspended these employees indefinitely."
Jordan included the notice of suspension for one 10-year FBI employee who previously had honorably served in the U.S. military for more than 20 years. According to Jordan, the employees in question "did not enter the United States Capitol, have not been charged with any crime, and have not been contacted by law enforcement about their actions."
Even so, the FBI revoked their clearances, citing "Adjudicative Guideline A – Allegiance to the United States."
This move appears to follow a Democratic tactic in conflating peaceful protesters on Jan. 6 with those who actively stormed the Capitol in an apparent attempt to prevent Congress from certifying the Electoral College vote for President Biden.
These moves "raise concerns that the Bureau may be taking significant steps toward firing these employees as retaliation for disfavored political speech."
Horowitz, in a May 4 letter obtained first by Fox News Digital, stopped short of pledging to launch an investigation into the issue, but he did say he would reach out to the FBI and consider whether to open an investigation.
"In view of the concern you have raised, we will ask the FBI to provide the bases for the security clearance and personnel actions taken against the employees you reference in your letter," Horowitz said in his letter Wednesday. "Based on the information we receive, we will assess whether to conduct a further review."
"In making such an assessment, we will also consider information about other employees who believe the FBI has taken administrative actions against them for engaging in protected activities on January 6, 2021," Horowitz added.
In his first April letter to the IG, Jordan noted that although the Hatch Act prohibits FBI employees from engaging in partisan political campaigns or political management, FBI employees do not give up their fundamental rights to participate in political speech activity.
[Free Beacon] The White House announced on Thursday that Karine Jean-Pierre, a veteran anti-Israel activist who is married to CNN correspondent Suzanne Malveaux, will replace outgoing press secretary Jen Psaki, raising potential ethical quandaries.
The announcement drew celebratory headlines in the mainstream press: Jean Pierre is the first black woman and openly gay person to serve in the role.
But her relationship with CNN reporter raises ethical questions about her new role. The White House did not respond to a request for comment about whether Jean Pierre would recuse herself in dealing with CNN. Malveaux's colleagues include Valerie Jarrett's daughter, CNN justice correspondent Laura Jarrett, and Israel ambassador Tom Nides's wife, Virginia Moseley, who serves as CNN's senior vice president of news gathering.
Jean-Pierre’s anti-Israel past—which includes a stint as senior adviser and national spokeswoman for MoveOn.org, a far-left anti-Israel group that advocates for boycotts of the Jewish state—is raising red flags in the pro-Israel community. The selection of an Israel critic is also likely to further strain ties with the pro-Israel community and Israeli government, which already is strongly opposed to the Biden administration’s efforts to ink a new nuclear deal with Iran.
Jean-Pierre has been open about her animosity towards the Jewish state. She has accused Israel of committing "war crimes" and has backed efforts to boycott the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, the United States' most prominent pro-Israel lobbying shop, cheering Democrats in 2019 for boycotting the group's annual gathering in Washington, D.C., for "boldly [chose] to prioritize diplomacy and human rights over the power of a lobbying organization." AIPAC, she claimed, helped the Trump administration "sabotage" the Iran nuclear deal and also "supported the group that's credited with inspiring President Trump to enact the Muslim Ban and has been known to spread anti-Muslim racism." She accused the group without evidence of trafficking in "severely racist, Islamophobic rhetoric."
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"She checked ALL the boxes, including her husband Suzanne's"
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POC and Alphabet Person Creature. Any pushback will be labeled bigoted hate against a non-cis person.
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Perfect choice to convey everything this administration represents. Her wife/husband is a CNN anchor with connections to ValJars daughter, and she preciously worked for MoveOn.Org. Her credentials as the Magic Kenyans' press secretary are clear.
[IsraelTimes] Succeeding Jen Psaki ...a valley girl who woke up one morning and found she was spokeswoman for the U.S. Department of State under Obama. A new American success story, under Biden she became spokeswoman for the whole administration, and she was even able to get her sister a job... , Jean-Pierre will be the first Black woman and the first openly LGBTQ person to serve as press secretary
US President Joe The Big Guy Biden ...46th president of the U.S. I'm not working for you. Don't be such a horse's ass. Don't say he didn't warn us... named as his next press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre,
...Israel-hating former national spokesperson and senior adviser for Soros-backed MoveOn.org and senior Biden2020 campaign advisor...
a former official of the activist MoveOn group who endorsed its call on Democratic presidential candidates to boycott the annual AIPAC conference.
Jean-Pierre will be the first Black woman and the first openly LGBTQ person in the job
...she just ticks all the boxes — and she’s photogenic. But don’t ask whether she can do the job. Maybe she can, but do not ask...
and succeeds Jen Psaki, who has reportedly accepted an offer from MSNBC as a commentator, as the lead voice for the Biden administration, the same old faces in slightly different places, the same old ideas, the same old graft ...the collection of boodlers, grifters, hangers-on, and self-proclaimed experts affiliated with the Biden Crime Family. Entrusted with an entire nation as the result of a suspicious election, they set about happily implementing stuff they absorbed in college, all of which blew up and splattered the rest of us... with the media. She has been principal deputy press secretary after starting in the Biden administration as a senior adviser to Vice President Kámala Harris Former Oakland mayor Willie Brown's former mistress, then a senatrix from California, and then a former 2020 Dem presidential hopeful. She dropped out because she was polling in negative numbers because of racism or misogyny or something like that. Her father is a Marxist professor emeritus at Stanford and her mother is an Indian of the Hindoo tribe. She is reputedly the proud descendant of a long line of women. Joe Biden picked her for her skin tone, feeling she could also bring in the Native American, women's, and bimbo votes. She's an outstanding exemplar of the Peter Principle, proudly displaying her level of competence in her handling of the Biden Border Surge Jean-Pierre has drawn fire from some in the pro-Israel community for a 2019 op-ed in which she endorsed pressure by MoveOn on Democratic Party presidential candidates to boycott the annual conference of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee.
"When it comes down to it, AIPAC’s policies are not progressive policies. AIPAC’s values are not progressive values," Pierre wrote in the 2019 piece, saying that the group’s failure to forcefully call out the Trump administration’s bigotry disqualified it as a venue for Democrats.
AIPAC, historically non-partisan, has in the last decade drifted apart from progressives on Israel policy. Most recently, it launched a PAC to directly support pro-Israel candidates for the first time; the PAC has so far given to more Republicans than to Democrats and has drawn criticism for giving to Republicans who voted not to affirm Biden’s election. It also is supporting the House Democrats’ leadership and about half of the party’s progressive caucus.
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"I don't trust gummint" is the crucial part of that formulation.
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"Disinformation Governance Board"
Be suspicious, be very suspicious. Disinformation
Government Board? Are they going to determine what disinformation gets disseminated?
Lately, the govmint doesn't have a good batting average on telling the truth.
A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
dominated Mexico for six years.
Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No
trees were destroyed in the production of this weblog. We did hurt some, though. Sorry.
[FoxNews] 
Former Oakland mayor Willie Brown's former mistress, then a senatrix from California, and then a former 2020 Dem presidential hopeful. She dropped out because she was polling in negative numbers because of racism or misogyny or something like that. Her father is a Marxist professor emeritus at Stanford and her mother is an Indian of the Hindoo tribe. She is reputedly the proud descendant of a long line of women. Joe Biden picked her for her skin tone, feeling she could also bring in the Native American, women's, and bimbo votes. She's an outstanding exemplar of the Peter Principle, proudly displaying her level of competence in her handling of the Biden Border Surge
[FoxNews] Kentucky senator challenged DHS secretary about government telling people what is true.
